[$] The first half of the 6.11 merge window

The merge window for the 6.11 kernel release opened on July14; as ofthis writing, 4,072 non-merge changesets have been pulled into the mainlinerepository since then. This merge window, in other words, is just nowbeginning. Still, there has been enough time for a number of interestingchanges to land for the next kernel release; read on for a summary of whathas been merged so far.